#shorts Reporter: I have a question about the logistics of this, because you say that they’re separate conversations. But what’s going to happen when the legislation hits Congress and in it is to raise the debt ceiling but it comes with fiscal spending cuts?

KJP: Well, we’re not even there yet. Right now, we’re — the negotiations are happening on the budget. That’s where we are. We’re — we believe that we can get to a good place if it happens in good faith …

Reporter: But do you think he’ll lift the ceiling for fiscal spending cuts?

KJP: Look, we’ve been very clear: These are two track — two separate conversations that are happening. One is saying that, look, default is not negotiable — we’ve been very, very clear about that — and having a conversation about the budget

5/19/2023, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held a press gaggle in Hiroshima, Japan. Joe Biden is currently in Japan participating in the 2023 G7 Summit. Reporters on Friday peppered Jake Sullivan and Karine Jean-Pierre with questions about the looming default. Debt ceiling talks are on hold over “unreasonable” White House demands as a default looms. Joe Biden waited 97 days to engage in debt ceiling talks with House Speaker McCarthy and other congressional leaders.

We are days away from the US government defaulting and Joe Biden refuses to budge after House Republicans passed a resolution. Biden refuses to negotiate with McCarthy. KJP and Jake Sullivan repeated old, tired talking points and insisted Biden is taking the debt ceiling negotiations seriously.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/jKoVISglZFw
Q: logistics A: good faith, two separate track, very, very clear